headh wrote:over the past three seasons Sid has played in 99 out of a possible 206 games

over the past three seasons Geno has played in 146 out of a possible 206 games

I have zero interest in characterizing injuries but..... I think I'd take nagging injuries over head trauma/potential career threatening injuries any day if I'm gambling on one or the other being a viable long term player.

I think that's obvious. Point is that Sid's injuries have virtually nothing to do with his style of play.

yeah, it's a fun attempt at insight to say that sid is punished for going into danger zones, but the ankle thing in 08, the concussion, the other concussion, the re-concussion, the puck to the face...they're all pretty random injuries.

In fact, if you look at all the injuries, many of them occur off the puck. Frankly, a guy like Sid is better off in traffic since he knows to defend himself.

Idoit40fans wrote:What makes Kennedy better than Bennett in any scenario? I don't doubt that Kennedy will play over Bennett, just not sure how he's better.

He is more consistent... a 10000000x better playmaker and he is the way better back checker as well.

Maybe I'm misreading, but you can't be serious that you feel Kennedy is better offensively in any way than Bennett is. Kennedy may have experience on his side, and he may even be a better backchecker (that's debatable, considering we have such a small sample size from Bennett), but there's no way he is more consistent (Kennedy is Mr. Inconsistent in his play AND in point production), and it's unfathomable to think anyone would suggest Kennedy, who is a momentum killer due to his insistence to shoot from any/all bad angles rather than pass, is a better playmaker than Bennett, who is a natural offensive talent.

I'll buy the argument that Kennedy gets first dibs on a roster spot because he's been there and done that. I'm fine with that. But he is not a better player than Bennett for any role on this club (other than physicality...of which Kennedy brings some and Bennett brings little).

Idoit40fans wrote:What makes Kennedy better than Bennett in any scenario? I don't doubt that Kennedy will play over Bennett, just not sure how he's better.

He is more consistent... a 10000000x better playmaker and he is the way better back checker as well.

Maybe I'm misreading, but you can't be serious that you feel Kennedy is better offensively in any way than Bennett is. Kennedy may have experience on his side, and he may even be a better backchecker (that's debatable, considering we have such a small sample size from Bennett), but there's no way he is more consistent (Kennedy is Mr. Inconsistent in his play AND in point production), and it's unfathomable to think anyone would suggest Kennedy, who is a momentum killer due to his insistence to shoot from any/all bad angles rather than pass, is a better playmaker than Bennett, who is a natural offensive talent.

I'll buy the argument that Kennedy gets first dibs on a roster spot because he's been there and done that. I'm fine with that. But he is not a better player than Bennett for any role on this club (other than physicality...of which Kennedy brings some and Bennett brings little).

I'm hoping he misread my question and was listing ways that Bennett is better than Kennedy.

Idoit40fans wrote:What makes Kennedy better than Bennett in any scenario? I don't doubt that Kennedy will play over Bennett, just not sure how he's better.

He is more consistent... a 10000000x better playmaker and he is the way better back checker as well.

Maybe I'm misreading, but you can't be serious that you feel Kennedy is better offensively in any way than Bennett is. Kennedy may have experience on his side, and he may even be a better backchecker (that's debatable, considering we have such a small sample size from Bennett), but there's no way he is more consistent (Kennedy is Mr. Inconsistent in his play AND in point production), and it's unfathomable to think anyone would suggest Kennedy, who is a momentum killer due to his insistence to shoot from any/all bad angles rather than pass, is a better playmaker than Bennett, who is a natural offensive talent.

I'll buy the argument that Kennedy gets first dibs on a roster spot because he's been there and done that. I'm fine with that. But he is not a better player than Bennett for any role on this club (other than physicality...of which Kennedy brings some and Bennett brings little).

I'm hoping he misread my question and was listing ways that Bennett is better than Kennedy.